מַטָּרָה
mat.ta.rah
“(Gate of the) Guard”
Definition
a jail (as a guard-house); also an aim (as being closely watched)
or מַטָּרָה; from H5201 (נָטַר);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
מַטָּרָה appears 15 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
I will shoot three arrows to the side of it, as if I were aiming at a target.
and I gave this deed to Baruch son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the sight of my cousin Hanamel and the witnesses who were signing the purchase agreement and all the Jews sitting in the courtyard of the guard.
So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.
had Jeremiah brought from the courtyard of the guard, and they turned him over to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to take him home. So Jeremiah remained among his own people.
He bent His bowand set me as the target for His arrow.
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